I'm getting laid off from work for a month so I decided to grow a handlebar moustache during my little break. I've been growing it for a couple of weeks now and, being broke, decided to make my own moustache wax to give my whiskers that "je ne sais quoi"... I found directions online for a moustache wax that calls for 4 parts beeswax to 4 parts vaseline. I didn't have any vaseline so I modified it to 4 parts beeswax to 4 parts Murray's pomade, which is basically petroleum jelly with some mineral oil and fragrance. I melted the beeswax in a double boiler, added the pomade and pored the mixture into a glass jar which previously contained pesto. A baby food jar would work equally well. The result is a slightly crumbly mixture which becomes pliable when worked between the thumb and pointer finger then applied to the tips of the moustache. It dries clear, holds it's shape well and rinses out easily with water and it has a pleasant smell! I realize that the majority of people on this site are women and as such will probably find this to be somewhat disgusting, but perhaps there's a guy or two on this forum that has thought to himself "I sure wish I had a bad ass handlebar moustache, but however would I get the ends to stay?"the product:le moustache:http://www.flickr.com/photos/14640813@N06/2110090626/sorry ladies, I'm taken!

Cool idea! A friend and I were just talking the other day about how we wished we could grow beards. I have some guy friends that have quite impressive beards and when we talk about them they tend to rub them on your face.

heh heh, that's awesome. My dad has had a handlebar mustache since before I was in the womb. He strongly resembles a Wyatt Earp type character - so I have a deep appreciation for the almighty mustache (I think I'd faint if he ever shaved - I've honestly NEVER seen him without it... 23 years!!). Thrifty thinkin' with the Murrays!

Yeah, this would be a great handmade present for the facial hair sporting half of the population. I love Murray's. I used to use it all the time (VERY small amounts at a time) when I had short blonde hair (think Marilyn Monroe) and it was so awesome for shine and texture. Oh and it's SO cheap.

Oh my goodness, I definitely thought that this was a depilatory wax when I read the title, and then I got reeeally confused when I read about styling it. Wow, that really threw me for a loop! Aaaanyway, very fun My brother is thinking about growing a beard because he hates shaving, so maybe I'll whip up some 'stache wax for him.

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i think that is a FANTASTIC idea! do you think it would work well for dreadlocks, too?

I had dreadlocks a long time ago... here is the secret to the best dreadlocks ever...toothpaste! Put that stuff in your hair, wear a hat for a week or two (don't wash your hair during that time) and you'll have dreads that will never come out! I had tried everything to get dreads and someone told me to try this and it worked like a charm! Toothpaste is actually pretty toxic stuff (one of the active ingredients, sodium monofluorophosphate, is the primary ingredient in rat poison!) so it breaks down your hair causing it to mat up. If you put anything with beeswax in your hair it will probably just attract bees.

I'm so glad I found your post! My daughter and son in law (and grandpuppy) are coming to spendthe next two weeks with us..He has a moustache and he loves to wax it. He reminds me of acircus lion tamer when he waxes it haha..anyhoo, He has had trouble finding moustache wax,I just so happen to have some beeswax and other gooey ingridents, I'm going to make his somefor a stocking stuffer. Thanks! Oh, and by the way, its cool to see a guy on here from time to time

I've now been growing my moustache since Thanksgiving. My d.i.y. moustache wax has served me well. In fact I even bought some real moustache wax at a store for the sake of comparison and found my own concoction to be quite superior in holding power and scent!

Well done. I did something similar to make dubbing wax for flytying. I used fairly natural ingredients which you just play with to make it more sticky or less sticky according to taste.

They are: castor oil, beeswax and rosin. I didn't have rosin (like they use in batter's bags, on bows for stringed instruments, etc). I did happen to have a few chunks of frankincense and myrrh, which are like the pine sap that goes into rosin. So I melted all the things together and stirred them up. After they cooled a bit I poured them into a lip balm tube. They turned out to be too dense, so I remelted them and increased the amount of oil and wax.

The upshot of this is that I think you could use the same stuff to wax a moustache if you wanted to. Especially an excellent facial accessory like yours. Not only would it work, it would smell uh HOLY!

But I wouldn't put it in a lip balm tube, I'd do it the way you did and put it in a glass or metal container. Handle with care while its melted, it's smoooooookin hot.

I've got a Necchi Supernova of that vintage. No instruction manual though.

Also, I think if I made the mustache wax/dubbing wax with more rosin I could use it to take my moustache off. Too scared to try, though. I've been reading the Persian waxing thread enough to know what could go horribly wrong.

Yay for Butch (Moustache) Wax! I can almost never find it in the stores anymore.My Mom taught me how to tame eyebrows with it so they keep a nice neat arch, and when she had super-short hair in the 90's (Susan Powder-esque!) she used it for stiffening her bangs. She used to steal it from my Dad while he was in the Marines in the 50's. It kept his "high and tight" tidy. We found actual 'Butch-wax' brand like 10 years ago at Wal-mart of all places, and she guards that stash like gold! Now I can make my own.It's great stuff, especially when you're going for a 20's or 30's eyebrow look.

I have an unrivalled (at least locally) 'gentleman's moustache' and though I see you are running along the right lines here, believe me, you want to adjust your consistency! I would reccomend - 4 parts beeswax, 2 parts vaseline and 2 parts black and white hair wax (of the Jamaican order). I find the latter gives a firmer curve and a most satisfying tropical fragrance. These, of course, must be blended under heat and here I must bow to the modern 'hairdryer'. Although it is certainly most uneddifying, I do find it helpful to cool and firm my facial hirsuteness by sitting in an armchair with my legs akimbo over the back and my head pointing groundwards until my glory has achieved the correct degree of stiffness. This is something I reccomend you practice in private! Long live the Great British Moustache and Long Live The Queen! (Victoria, of course!) Yours in facial hirsuteness,

I fear I have replied presumptuously, without viewing your facial adornment. Obviously you require some time to achieve the splendour of a true 'Bracket Moustache' (please do not refer to it as anything 'handlebar' as this is a proletarian injunction!). You do, however seem to have the makings of a true 'Gentlemans moustache' and would certainly not snub you in polite society. Good luck with your puruit of the hirsuite!